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Clankier vs Clunkier - What's the difference?

clankier | clunkier |

As adjectives the difference between clankier and clunkier

is that clankier is comparative of clanky while clunkier is comparative of clunky.

clankier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (clanky)

    • clanky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Making a clanking metallic sound.
    • My father's first car was a clanky old VW Beetle.
  • Providing audible indication of imminent mechanical failure.

    • clunkier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (clunky)

    • clunky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
  • * 2013 May 23, , " British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
    • At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky .

    Derived terms

    * clunkiness